Dozens of Afghan Soldiers Killed in Taliban Raid on Uruzgan

Last week, Taliban forces carried out a large-scale attack on an Afghan military base in Chinartu District of Uruzgan Province, officials say. The fact that the attack even took place only started to become public knowledge several days after the raid was over.

The Afghan military suffered a major loss, and officials are still trying to figure out just how big of a loss it was. The Defense Ministry claimed 27 soldiers killed and five wounded, but indications are it was quite a bit more, according to district officials.

The Taliban says they killed 46 Afghan soldiers, but denied reports that any of them were killed after capture. Provincial officials say that the base suffered significant damage, and large numbers of weapons were lost in the raid, presumably looted by the Taliban.

The very end of the linked article was extraordinary:
“A U.S. Congressional watchdog, SIGAR, said in a report last year the losses were “shockingly high” but Afghan authorities no longer release overall casualty data. The Taliban are fighting the Western-backed government to restore their version of sharia, or Islamic law, after they were driven out by U.S.-led forces in 2001.”
That’s right, the fight against transparency and Islam marches on since 2001.

The very end of the linked article was extraordinary:
“A U.S. Congressional watchdog, SIGAR, said in a report last year the losses were “shockingly high” but Afghan authorities no longer release overall casualty data. The Taliban are fighting the Western-backed government to restore their version of sharia, or Islamic law, after they were driven out by U.S.-led forces in 2001.”
That’s right, the fight against transparency and Islam marches on since 2001.

The very end of the linked article was extraordinary:
“A U.S. Congressional watchdog, SIGAR, said in a report last year the losses were “shockingly high” but Afghan authorities no longer release overall casualty data. The Taliban are fighting the Western-backed government to restore their version of sharia, or Islamic law, after they were driven out by U.S.-led forces in 2001.”
That’s right, the fight against transparency and Islam marches on since 2001.

The very end of the linked article was extraordinary:
“A U.S. Congressional watchdog, SIGAR, said in a report last year the losses were “shockingly high” but Afghan authorities no longer release overall casualty data. The Taliban are fighting the Western-backed government to restore their version of sharia, or Islamic law, after they were driven out by U.S.-led forces in 2001.”
That’s right, the fight against transparency and Islam marches on since 2001.